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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112766 | Multi-threaded device and facility manager Techniques are provided for implementing the WS-DeviceProfile standard as a multi-threaded process (“DFM”) executing on a multi-function peripheral (“MFP”). The DFM takes care of the discovery of devices and services on a network. The DFM also acts as a faci... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112703 | Aggregate tag views of website information A technique is provided for providing an aggregate tag view of a website that comprises a plurality of webpages that each has a corresponding URL. A tag is a set of one or more words that have been associated with a URL and is typically created by a user to describe... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112660 | Router synchronization Example systems and methods associated with router synchronization are described. One example method includes reducing a likelihood that a first network device will be favored over a peer device as a router. This likelihood may be increased after the first network d... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112505 | On-demand block-level file system streaming to remote desktops Techniques are provided for desktop streaming over wide area networks. In one embodiment, a computing device comprises logic that is configured to intercept file open requests for files stored in a file system, where at least some of the files in the file system may... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112428 | Clustering image search results through voting: reciprocal election A search results page contains images that are organized based on the visual features of those images; images that have common visual features are grouped together using either a folding or a reciprocal election technique. Images that pertain to a particular meaning... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111975 | Multimedia visual progress indication system A multimedia visual progress indication system that provides a cache bar that is overlaid onto the program material or displayed on a dedicated display. A cache bar indicates the length of a recording session or the length of stored program material and expands to t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111837 | Data-driven media management within an electronic device A method and apparatus for intelligently routing and managing audio signals within an electronic device is disclosed. The routing is responsive to a set of logical and physical policies which are stored in data tables which can be updated as needed. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111627 | Discovering configured tunnels between nodes on a path in a data communications network An apparatus and method are described for discovering a configured tunnel between nodes on a path in a data communications network. In an embodiment, an apparatus is arranged to remotely access at least one node on the path, identify whether a tunnel is configured o... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111616 | Constructing a repair path in the event of failure of an inter-routing domain system link An apparatus and method as described for constructing a repair path for use in the event of failure of an inter-routing domain connection between respective components in first and second routing domains of a data communications network. The apparatus is arranged to... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111413 | Approach for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents based on print driver and printing device support An approach is provided for securely printing policy-enabled electronic documents. According to the approach, a determination is made at a client device whether policy-enabled printing has been specified for a particular electronic document. If policy-enabled printi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108800 | Calculating cognitive efficiency score for navigational interfaces based on eye tracking data A method and apparatus for computing efficiency score of a page is provided and using the efficiency score to optimize page design. Eye tracking study is performed on a group of subjects where eye fixation data, gaze plot data, and qualitative information data are c... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108725 | History-based conflict resolution Processes in a cluster maintain a historical record of problem events as those events occur in the cluster. The record may describe (a) attributes of each event and (b) the resolution action that was performed to resolve each event. Whenever a new event occurs, a pr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108452 | Keyword based audio comparison Keyword based audio data comparison. A method comprises extracting at least one feature from audio content of an audio data set to form feature arrays. The feature arrays may comprise a pitch array and a rhythm array. A set of keywords is formed for each feature arr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108443 | Aggregate functions in DML returning clause A statement is provided having a clause that can specify an aggregate function that is performed on a set of data. The statement may alter the data in the data set by deleting or updating the data. The clause may be a returning clause that accepts one or more aggreg... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108385 | User interfaces for search systems using in-line contextual queries Systems and methods, including user interfaces, are provided for implementing searches using contextual information associated with a Web page (or other document) that a user is viewing when a query is entered. The page includes a contextual search interface that ha... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108257 | Delayed advertisement insertion in videos A method for achieving uninterrupted interactivity for user watching a video yet clicking on an advertisement is provided. A method for delayed interactivity is provided herein. Delayed interactivity is implemented in the form of delayed insertions. When a user clic... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107795 | Multimedia visual progress indication system A multimedia visual progress indication system that provides a cache bar that is overlaid onto the program material or displayed on a dedicated display. A cache bar indicates the length of a recording session or the length of stored program material and expands to t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107501 | Synchronizing portions of a database with different databases on different nodes of a network Techniques are disclosed for synchronizing a database related to a first node in a network with multiple nodes. Each node includes a database different from a database on a different node. An inquiry control message is sent to each node in a candidate set of one or ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107103 | Print driver for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing An approach is provided for printing policy-enabled electronic documents using locked printing. A client device includes a user interface, an application program and a print driver. The application program allows a user to generate an electronic document. The print ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104084 | Authorizing a user to a device A method and apparatus for authorizing a user is provided. A requestor submits a request for challenge data to a device. The device generates the challenge data and provides the challenge data to the requestor. The requestor obtains response data that is responsive ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103773 | Transactional application processing in a distributed environment Transactional application processing in a distributed environment using an application-aware network infrastructure element is described. In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a plurality of network interfaces, forwarding logic, and transaction manager logic. The... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103715 | Approach for managing mobile agents in networks An approach for managing mobile agents in a network generally involves configuring a mobile agent in a secure manner such that the mobile agent will automatically terminate itself if the mobile agent cannot communicate with a specified entity before moving or the mo... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103695 | Creating storage for XML schemas with limited numbers of columns per table Techniques are described herein for automatically generating multiple interrelated database tables to store XML data, while ensuring that each such table has no more than the maximum DBMS-allowed number of columns. In response to the registration of an XML schema wi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103689 | Rewrite of queries containing rank or rownumber or min/max aggregate functions using a materialized view Techniques are provided for improving efficiency of database systems, and in particular, to refreshing materialized views maintained by database systems and rewriting queries to access the materialized views. According to the approaches, a ranked materialized view i... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103642 | Adaptive region locking A method and apparatus for managing locks in a database system is provided. A master node grants a lock on a first resource and a group of resources that includes the first resource to a first requester node. The requester node receives a mapping corresponding to th... | 01/24/2012 |
| RE43132 | Volume control for audio signals A motion picture soundtrack reproduction system has a center front soundtrack channel and a plurality of other soundtrack channels. A volume control adjusts the gain of all the channels. The volume control has a range of settings from a minimum to a maximum, the gai... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099577 | Managing memory in a system that includes a shared memory area and a private memory area A method and apparatus for auto-tuning memory is provided. Memory on a computer system comprises at least one shared memory area and at least one private memory area. Addresses in the shared memory area are accessible to multiple processes. Addresses in the private ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095788 | Method and apparatus for integrated provisioning of a network device with configuration information and identity certification According to one aspect, a provisioning server comprises a configuration module that configures a network device and an identification certification module that certifies the identity of the network device. With use of the provisioning server, the network device doe... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095694 | Enhancements to data-driven media management within an electronic device A centralized resource manager manages the routing of audio or visual information within a device, including a handheld device such as a smartphone. The resource manager evaluates data-driven policies to determine how to route audio or visual information to or from ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095583 | Chaotic and fractal field line calculations using decomposition and self winding Faster methods for topological categorization and field line calculations are developed by using decomposition regions together with the self-winding techniques first developed in a prior patent application. A point iteration technique provides direct calculation of... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095557 | Type system for access control lists A method and storage media for performing access resolution using ACL types is provided. Under an AND semantic, an intersection set formed from the types of multiple ACLs protecting a resource may be utilized to efficiently determine whether a request for a privileg... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095545 | System and methodology for a multi-site search engine Techniques for query processing in a multi-site search engine are described. During an indexing phase, each site of a multi-site search engine indexes a set of assigned web resources and each site calculates, for each term in the set of assigned web resources, a sit... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095375 | Universal container for audio data Storing audio data encoded in any of a plurality of different audio encoding formats is enabled by parametrically defining the underlying format in which the audio data is encoded, in audio format and packet table chunks. A flag can be used to manage storage of the ... | 01/10/2012 |
| D652048 | Display screen of a communications terminal with graphical user interface | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091039 | Authoring interface which distributes composited elements about the display Techniques are described for providing a display of visual elements representing various media elements on a composite media presentation, wherein the display may be altered such that the visual elements transition from an overlapping arrangement to an arrangement w... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090839 | XML message validation in a network infrastructure element A network infrastructure element such as a router or switch performs transparent and optimized validation of XML schemas of XML payloads received in the network element. The network element comprises logic for receiving and storing one or more validation scope rules... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090806 | Two-stage network device configuration process A method and apparatus for modifying the configuration of a network device, such as a router, using a two-stage configuration model is provided. A first request for a change in configuration of a network device is received. Configuration data that describes the chan... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090741 | Techniques for automatically provisioning a database over a wide area network Techniques for provisioning databases for users on a wide area network such as the Internet include a first party managing one or more database systems. Second parties subscribe to database services supported by the database systems managed by the first party. The f... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090731 | Document fidelity with binary XML storage Techniques are provided for ensuring lexical fidelity when an XML document is stored in a binary format. Operations, on the XML data, that would cause the loss of lexical fidelity between the original XML document and the binary-encoded version of the XML document a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089256 | Multiphase switching converter A method of passive current balancing for digital control of multiphase DC-DC converters is provided based upon the duty-cycle matching principle. Current balance is achieved by inserting a digital filter into the control path. Being sensorless, it is insensitive to... | 01/03/2012 |
